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Is Search of Lost time difficult?
I always tell anyone who might be intimidated by the many pages to be read that, although In Search of Lost Time is rich and complex and demands an attentive reader, the novel is never difficult. In spite of its length and complexity, most readers find it readily accessible.
Should I read all of In Search of Lost Time?
Don’t stop reading! Don’t lie down in the snow! You can read Proust for the poetry of his prose, but not if you want to read all of In Search of Lost Time. You must do violence to yourself and keep going.
How long would it take to read In Search of Lost Time?
Published in seven volumes, the novel contains 3,031 pages and 1,267,069 words (9,609,000 characters). It will take the average reader (at 300 words per minute), about 45 hours and 27 minutes to read the entire novel, excluding any meal and bathroom breaks, of course.
Is in search of lost time still relevant?
Despite the non-events, despite the inevitable boredom, despite the novel not being taught in schools and universities (and only Swann’s Way, if ever), more than a hundred years later, In Search of Lost Time never goes out of print. People still read Proust; Proust is still relevant.
What is the first book in in search of Lost Time?
The Prisoner ( La Prisonnière, also translated as The Captive) (1923) is the first volume of the section within In Search of Lost Time known as “le Roman d’Albertine” (“the Albertine novel”). The name “Albertine” first appears in Proust’s notebooks in 1913.
How many pages did Proust change in finding time again?
The late changes Proust made include a small, crucial detail and the deletion of approximately 150 pages. This version was published as Albertine disparue in France in 1987. Finding Time Again (Le Temps retrouvé, also translated as Time Regained and The Past Recaptured) (1927) is the final volume in Proust’s novel.